# Favorite or Best Cities in U.S. "Flyover Country" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 30, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803 "2010-12-30T06:10:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/1 "2010-12-30T06:10:43Z")
Wikipedia has a solid [definition](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyover_country), but feel free to expand it states that you feel qualify. I’ll go right ahead and nominate Chicago - the classic 2nd city. Culture, music, art, architecture, food, attractions, tons of sports – it has almost everything I’d want from a major city. Where else? _Damn it. Mods, that’s Cities, not “Cites”, in the title. That’s what I get for post midnight posting._ ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/2 "2010-12-30T06:48:04Z")
Obviously Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/3 "2010-12-30T15:33:34Z")
Kansas City. And if Nevada has to be considered “flyover”, Las Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/4 "2010-12-30T15:38:30Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Obviously Chicago. QFT – nowhere else comes close between the Appalachians and the Rockies. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/5 "2010-12-30T15:41:02Z")
Denver is my favorite large city overall so I’ll vote there. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/6 "2010-12-30T15:54:55Z")
I have a soft spot for Salina, KS. Lots of great memories from that place. I might have a chance to go to KC for the first time in decades this year. I might just get naked and slather myself in BBQ sauce. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/7 "2010-12-30T15:54:58Z")
I don’t understand how there could be a serious answer other than Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/8 "2010-12-30T15:54:59Z")
Indy is a fantastic city, with loads of culture and less feeling of danger than Chicago. Nicely done downtown, with schools and the stadium and shopping and everything. If I had to pick a city to live in, it would be Indy. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/9 "2010-12-30T15:56:57Z")
Where else but [Da Cities](http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS284&q=minneapolis+st+paul&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl)? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/10 "2010-12-30T15:58:39Z")
The Twin Shitties? No. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/11 "2010-12-30T15:59:31Z")
Weather? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/12 "2010-12-30T16:02:35Z")
The weather is terrible, yes, but that’s hardly the issue. The Twin Shitties feel like Mayberry. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/13 "2010-12-30T16:06:58Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > The weather is terrible, yes, but that’s hardly the issue. The Twin Shitties feel like Mayberry. Please report to thread [590986](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=590986) asap. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/14 "2010-12-30T16:10:41Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > _Damn it. Mods, that’s Cities, not “Cites”, in the title. That’s what I get for post midnight posting._ \*\*\* waves magic wand \*\*\* Fixed! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/15 "2010-12-30T16:10:49Z")
I lived in Lincoln, Nebraska for five years and occasionally go back as my wife has family there. I would gladly move back there if circumstances warranted - it’s a very nice city indeed. Most of it feels like one big suburb. Omaha - not so much. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/16 "2010-12-30T16:14:11Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I don’t understand how there could be a serious answer other than Chicago. I was only there once but I hated it. Maybe it was because I flew in for lunch and a boring meeting, then flew out again. I’d live to give it a real chance sometime. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/17 "2010-12-30T16:23:40Z")
I read the question as being about attraction as a tourist destination, so I nominated Chicago as being _sui generis_ – though of course there are plenty of other great tourist destinations, e.g., San Antonio, New Orleans, and even Dearborn MI (for just one major attraction). However, if it’s about places to live in, then the field is far more open, and includes places that tourists would hardly ever go to, like Columbus OH. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/18 "2010-12-30T16:31:25Z")
Does Santa Fe count as a flyover city? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/19 "2010-12-30T18:57:30Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > it’s a very nice city indeed. > [@Gyrate](#): > > Most of it feels like one big suburb. Does not compute. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803/20 "2010-12-30T19:13:36Z")
Austin Texas has my heart. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-or-best-cities-in-u-s-flyover-country/565803.md?page=2)